A review by depleti
Spera, Volume 2 by Kyla Vanderklugt, Josh Tierney, Giannis Milonogiannis

3.0

Another beautiful book, at least in terms of packaging. Sadly there were maybe only two artists in here who had styles I really liked. Others were too arty, some were too stiff, others not paneled well. I would probably enjoy these stories a lot more if a single person was tasked to draw them (Kyla Vanderklugt in particular). I understand that's not the point of the whole thing, and finding and highlighting different artists IS the point, and it is really nice that they do that, but some of the styles are just plain turn offs to me. Sometimes I can't recognize the characters from one artist to the next. Sometimes I like a design that one artist does, and it's not seen again. Sometimes an artist uses a font for word balloons, the next one uses a brush pen and I have to almost squint to read the dialogue. It's a book full of highs and lows.

I'm just glad Vanderklugt is a recurring artist. I'll probably continue to get these books just for her work.